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The Moon on Wednesday, August 5, 1992: First Quarter, 51% lit

Waxing · 50.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 13°

First Quarter at

10:59UTC

Moon phase on August 5, 1992First Quarter

Wednesday 5 August 1992382,893 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 5, 1992, the Moon was a First Quarter: 50.6% of its visible face lit, 6.7 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

50.6%Illumination at noon UTC
6.7 dMoon age
382,893 km237,919 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (14°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 5, 1992 is on Thursday, August 13, 1992 at 10:27 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 29, 1992 at 19:35 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, July 29, 199219:35
First Quarter (this day)Wednesday, August 5, 199210:59
Full Moon (after)Thursday, August 13, 199210:27

The Moon around August 5

More about this date

Wednesday, August 5, 1992 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 29, 1992 to the new moon of August 28, 1992, a cycle of 29.30 days.